weanling
noun
weanling is a noun meaning “Any young mammal that has been recently weaned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-E-A-N-L-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 30 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of weanling is weanlings.
What does weanling mean?
noun
- 1
Any young mammal that has been recently weaned.
- 2
Specifically, a human child that has been recently weaned.
In developing countries, weanlings are most at risk of malnutrition.
- 3
Specifically, a young horse that has been weaned from its mother, but is less than one year old (usually 5-12 months old).
The weanling was sold to the local horse dealer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of weanling
- weanlings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is weanling?
Weanling appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 165,739th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does weanling come from?
From wean + -ling.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).